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FY15 Call for Panelists

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) is seeking advisory review panelists for the FY15 grant season. Panelists are integral to the DCCAH's grants process because they review applications, provide comments, and score applications in order to recommend recipients of DCCAH grant awards.

All residents of the District of Columbia metropolitan area are encouraged to nominate themselves or their peers to serve as a panelist. All panelists must be actively involved with the District's arts community for a minimum of two years. Individuals with arts backgrounds make the strongest candidates (i.e. artists, arts administrators, arts educators, gallery owners, curators, art critics, etc.) The DCCAH supports panel diversity in all forms: age, race, gender, disabilities, sexual orientation, artistic discipline, location, etc.

The DCCAH offers 9 grant programs which will be paneled during the summer of 2014 including:

General operating support and project support to programs that impact residents of Wards 7 & 8

Grants in Aid

General operating support

Public Art Building Communities

Temporary and permanent public art projects

Sister Cities International Arts Grant

Project-based cultural exchange programming

UPSTART

Organizational capacity-building

­­Panelists will have 4-6 weeks to review a maximum of 35 applications. Prior to the panel meeting, the DCCAH estimates that a panelist will spend 40 hours reviewing applications on-line. All advisory panel meetings will take place at the DCCAH office and most meetings last one business day or less.

Panelists are appointed to one panel per year for a maximum of three consecutive years and do not receive compensation.

Résumés must include the nominee's full name and home address along with professional experience, knowledge and skills related to the arts. All applications will receive a confirmation of receipt within 48 hours of submission. The DCCAH staff will contact nominees to confirm interest and availability if a nominee is being considered to serve on an advisory review panel.

To submit your letter of interest and resume, email Steven Mazzola at steven.mazzola@dc.gov or call 202-724-5613.

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